Throwback: “She Should Not Have Fought That Woman”- Joe Rogan Looks Back at Ronda Rousey’s Losses

The combat sports scene looks at Ronda Rousey as one of the pioneers in women’s MMA and the world of WWE. And rightly so, she is the only other athlete to hold titles in both, the UFC and WWE following Brock Lesnar. Which is why Joe Rogan felt it was okay to hype her up before her fights.

Joe Rogan breaks down Rousey’s final fights with Comedian Erik Griffin in a short video posted by Rogan on his YouTube channel, JRE Clips. The pair talk about the quality that Rousey put forth in her final fights.

Back when Ronda Rousey was undefeated, many said that she was the “pound for pound greatest fighter ever”. This list includes the UFC hypeman, Joe Rogan. Some may go as far as to say that he used to be her biggest hypeman.

Rogan talks about these claims while in conversation with Griffin.

“I mean, I pumped her up. But it was based on what she had been able to accomplish. It wasn’t based on bulls**t. It was based on her actual performance inside the octagon against people like Cat Zingano, against people like Sara McMann. I mean what she had done was supremely impressive.”- Joe Rogan 

Ronda Rousey Furious at Joe Rogan

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Joey Diaz revealed how Ronda Rousey was “Furious” at Joe Rogan and a lot of other MMA personalities. These feelings can be traced back to the fact that Rousey felt, they did not stand by her following her loss.

Ahead of Rousey’s fight against Holly Holm, Rogan was on record for being one of the biggest hypemen who spoke in favor of the American. Driving the hype-train with some of the most over-the-top comments ever made about anyone. In particular, comparing her striking skills to that of once in a generation prodigies.

“Not only Joe Rogan but anybody in that time period that she got knocked out, anybody who said anything of a negative air… she’s just furious, and she has a long list, and she’s very angry.”- Joey Diaz

Slowing down on the hype seems to have rub Ronda Rousey the wrong way. Rousey has held some serious grudges and lashed out at people in the past. Therefore, something like this is not entirely inconceivable.